Food & Culture
Earth Greetings from an African Poet
When a wind delivered the first smell of rain to me about which I wrote in my post, The Throbbing Earth, it also brough...
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When a wind delivered the first smell of rain to me about which I wrote in my post, The Throbbing Earth, it also brough...
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There's an air of happy expectancy settling in among our fruit trees. Or maybe it's just an air of happy expectancy ...
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Because of a crushing farming schedule, our friend Bruce was unable to attend my recent 50th birthday party. Instead,...
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An Irish philosopher poet accompanied me to Livingstone. When I left America I packed him away in my heart and in my m...
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I was chatting to a friend in America a while ago, telling her about my average day on t...
I was sitting at my desk in our tin box, corrugated walls all wide open in a futile stab ...
Yomar Monsalve, my Michelin-starred new kitchen bestie, and I were back-and-forthing the...
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said: "The earth laughs in flowers." Last week I not only laughed, ...
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Hardly anything fills me more with wonder than witnessing our pomegranate trees change o...
With sincere apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 – 1861 ... How do I love thee...
"The power of food is really spiritual. It not only brings the whole family together on th...
I'll bet there isn't a southern African alive who isn't transported by the fragrant perf...
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A something in a summer’s Day As slow her flambeaux burn away Which solemnizes me. A s...
At last it's papaya season. Soft, succulent, coral papaya to feast on for at least two mo...
I've been looking forward to writing this post about bananas since I started blogging, but...
Capers are a luxury in these parts ... and I love capers. If I'm lucky IÂ may find a small...
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The native aloes around our house are in bloom. They only do this once a year. Not only a...
I was surprised to discover that rosella, or roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa), is pervasive ...
Indigenous people in this semi-arid region of southern Africa have been nourished by Mon...
The decoration of our house, the tin box, is to be found outside, not inside. The finge...
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My partner Chris is the one who turned me on to fresh turmeric. H...
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Being lucky enough to watch a pomegranate turn from flower to fr...
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Fifteen Danish farmers visited us with our partner, Zamag Tours &...
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